There's truth in that, shadow. It will depend on how many detractors he has compared to those who will champion him.
Dave Hodge tweet about Tim Thomas
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There's truth in that, shadow. It will depend on how many detractors he has compared to those who will champion him.
I don't think the boston bruin management will keep him around after july 1, as his contract 'then',
allows him to be traded, (a clause in his 'no trade' contract), just the one year when it is free
of that stipulation.
If they don't trade him away sooner, i'm sure they will then.
The management is very upset about his actions, and they tried for some time to convince him to
change his mind before they went to the white house, but he would not.
Agree or not, it's interesting that he stuck to his beliefs. I like Obama calling Marchand a ' little ball of hate'.
Perhaps a thesaurus would be a useful gift? Expand the repertoire.
It's a rather huge leap but some folks see what they want to see.
Hmmmm. My initials are S&M.
There's no such thing as bad press, or so the saying goes.
Pat Verbeek was the first 'little ball of hate' then Ray Ferraro earned the moniker during his time on the ice. Brad is just the latest to hold the title.
Reeeeeaaaallllly?
You beat me to the punch, Mowich.
I read this on the TSN website. I liked reading about the Ray Ferraro story.
Reeeeeaaaallllly?
ferraro comes on team 1040 every morning during the week at 7: a.m. to do a sports chat with the guys.
I always enjoy his chats, and he has such a good sense of humour.
I really enjoyed him the other morning, because all the radio guys trash the all star week, and talk
about it as though it is absolutely useless, BUT when he talked about it, I was so glad, because
he saw it just as I do, a celebration of the league, and it is all about the city of ottawa, and
the families and the children, and he also said (and he was part of an all star game) that the
players enjoy each other, and the stress is all gone out of their lives that week, and they can
hang out with players they usually can't even talk to.
He said he was very excited when he was in the all star game, just a young guy, and got to talk
to mario lemeaux, and other super stars, and felt very lucky to be there.
It is not about radio announcers, or about a competetive game, where they hit and shove each
around, it about F U N.
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If your going to attack someones political beleifs, leave theirs kids out of it.... Im sure if tim thomas was a racist and smarter man could find other means to attack him without attacking his children...
Reeeeeaaaallllly?
ferraro comes on team 1040 every morning during the week at 7: a.m. to do a sports chat with the guys.
I always enjoy his chats, and he has such a good sense of humour.
I really enjoyed him the other morning, because all the radio guys trash the all star week, and talk
about it as though it is absolutely useless, BUT when he talked about it, I was so glad, because
he saw it just as I do, a celebration of the league, and it is all about the city of ottawa, and
the families and the children, and he also said (and he was part of an all star game) that the
players enjoy each other, and the stress is all gone out of their lives that week, and they can
hang out with players they usually can't even talk to.
He said he was very excited when he was in the all star game, just a young guy, and got to talk
to mario lemeaux, and other super stars, and felt very lucky to be there.
It is not about radio announcers, or about a competetive game, where they hit and shove each
around, it about F U N.
It is about fun, talloola - that and giving the players and coaches a chance to schmooze with members of other teams. Can you imagine how exciting it must be for rookies and the younger players in the NHL to get to meet some of their heroes of the game?
It appears that Timmy just can't stop airing his views on politics.
The chaos continues: Tim Thomas once again took to Facebook to get political | Backhand Shelf | Blogs | theScore.com
The chaos continues: Tim Thomas once again took to Facebook to get political | Backhand Shelf | Blogs | theScore.com
"I Stand with the Catholics in the fight for Religious Freedom."
“In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.”
– by Martin Niemöller, prominent German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, best known as the author of the poem."
“In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.”
– by Martin Niemöller, prominent German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, best known as the author of the poem."
What is really baffling is why a hockey goalie (of questionable quality) opinion of politics would be of interest to anybody beats me. He had his "15 minutes of fame" already. (About 14 minutes too much) Anyway Sedins and company dispelled any myths about Thomas a couple of Saturdays ago. :lol:
You gotta wonder, don't you JLM. The Team was all over this today, mentioning it several times during the broadcasts. I still figure the Timster is testing the water to see if politics is in his future and this latest blurb kinds reinforces that idea in my mind.
Walter, dear..............Timmy is a hockey player - that's what he does and he does it well. I don't deny him his right to have opinions on anything including politics but I do question his motives considering the Bruins management is more than a little choked with him right now.
thomas is using this free air time, and again putting the me me me ahead of the team, to strut his
political agenda, at the expense of his team, which includes owners/management/players. I'm sure
when he signed his contract to make the good money he makes, there was not a clause there to allow
him to use 'them' to further his political ideas.
I have noticed, (and i'm sure all of his fellow players have political opinions) that none of his
teammates have lined up behind him to get their 'free airtime' to spout their politcal stuff all over
the place.
His time on the bruins is running out quickly, and i'm sure he has disrupted the 'chemistry in the room',
and have many wondering about him as a team mate.
He is not playing tonight, and the back up goalie hasn't played that great of late, but all the same,
he is playing tonight.
Thomas could be doing all he wants to do politically, away from the team, at
meetings, or any political gatherings, but he chooses to tweet away, knowing
how that affects his job/team. He isn't playing hockey on a voluntary basis,
i've noticed, so he should respect his employer and team mates, and put them
all before 'his' political agenda.